Description
Potter & Ostendorfs Pocket Guide to Nursing Skills & Procedures is a concise, portable study tool and clinical reference based on the best-selling textbook Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 11th Edition. This reference presents more than 85 key nursing skills in a convenient, A-to-Z format. Step-by-step instructions include full-color photos, plus rationales explaining why and how to use specific techniques to help you troubleshoot potential problems and take appropriate actions to address them. With the latest in evidence-based practice, this essential guide is a great tool to help you safely and effectively perform core nursing skills.
Product Details
Reference
104473
EAN13
9780443348259
ISBN
9780443348259
Data sheet
Publication date
2026
Issue number
11
Cover
soft binded
Pages count
1048
Dimensions (mm)
111 x 187
Weight (g)
450
1. Aquathermia and Heating Pads 2. Aspiration Precautions 3. Assisting With Use of Canes, Walkers, and Crutches 4. Bladder Scan 5. Blood Administration 6. Blood Glucose Monitoring 7. Blood Pressure by Auscultation 8. Blood Pressure: Automatic 9. Cardiac Monitor Application 10. Central Vascular Access Device Care: Central and Peripherally Inserted 11. Managing Closed Chest Drainage Systems 12. Cold Applications 13. Condom Catheters (Incontinence Device) 14. Continuous Subcutaneous Infusion 15. Dressings (Dry and Moist) 16. Dressings: Hydrocolloid, Hydrogel, Foam, or Alginate Dressing 17. Dressings: Transparent Dressing 18. Ear Irrigation 19. Ear Medications 20. Enema Administration 21. Enteral Nutrition: Nasogastric, Nasointestinal, Gastrostomy, or Jejunostomy Tube 22. Enteral Tube (Small-Bore) Insertion and Removal 23. Epidural Analgesia 24. Eye Irrigation 25. Eye (Ophthalmic) Medications 26. Fall Prevention in a Healthcare Setting 27. Fecal Impaction 28. Incentive Spirometry 29. Intradermal Injections 30. Intramuscular Injections 31. Intravenous Medications by Piggyback and Syringe Pumps 32. Intravenous Medications: Intravenous Push 33. Isolation Precautions 34. Mechanical Lifts: Transfer Skills 35. Metered-Dose Inhalers (MDIs) 36. Moist Heat Applications (Compress and Sitz Bath) 37. Mouth Care for an Unconscious or Debilitated Patient 38. Nasogastric Tube for Gastric Decompression: Insertion, Maintenance, and Removal 39. Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy 40. Oral Medications 41. Oral Medications: Via a Feeding Tube 42. Ostomy Care: Pouching a Colostomy or an Ileostomy 43. Oxygen Therapy 44. Parenteral Medication Preparation: Ampules and Vials 45. Parenteral Medication Preparation: Mixing Medications in One Syringe 46. Patient-Controlled Analgesia 47. Peak Flowmeter 48. Peripheral Intravenous Care: Dressing Change and Discontinuation 49. Peripheral Intravenous Care: Regulating Intravenous Flow Rates, Changing Solutions and Tubing 50. Peripheral Intravenous Care: Short-Peripheral Catheter Insertion 51. Preoperative Teaching 52. Pressure Bandage 53. Pressure Injury Risk Assessment, Skin Assessment, and Prevention 54. Pressure Injury Treatment 55. Pulse: Apical 56. Pulse Oximetry 57. Rectal Suppositories 58. Respiration Assessment 59. Restraint Application (Physical) 60. Restraint-Free Environment 61. Seizure Precautions 62. Sequential Compression Devices and Graduated Compression (Elastic) Stockings 63. Sterile Gloving 64. Sterile Field Preparation 65. Subcutaneous Injections 66. Suctioning: Open for Nasotracheal/Pharyngeal and Artificial Airways and Closed (In-Line) 67. Suctioning: Oropharyngeal 68. Suprapubic Catheter Care 69. Suture and Staple Removal 70. Topical Medications to the Skin 71. Tracheostomy Care 72. Urinary Catheter Insertion: Straight or Indwelling Catheter 73. Urinary Indwelling Catheter Care and Removal 74. Urinary Indwelling Catheter Irrigation 75. Urostomy Pouching 76. Vaginal Medication 77. Venipuncture: Collecting Blood Specimens and Cultures (Syringe and Vacutainer Methods) 78. Wound Drainage Evacuation 79. Wound Irrigation